FYI, the break-even point for the Fig investment option is less than 50k units of the game. Given that Phoenix Point is Julian Gollop's evolution of the game genre he created, it seems likely that when released at least that many units will sell. So, if you can float some money to invest, there is a reasonable chance that you can be reimbursed whatever you pledge out of the gains from the investment. Such investments are never a sure thing. But Phoenix Point seems a strong candidate.

tl;dr - Reasonable returns from the Fig invest option may be good enough to cover whatever pledge you might make.

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SlipperyJim wrote:Oh good - here I am compulsively refreshing a webpage again to refresh backer totals...Jim

Hey there, Jim! Good to see you. Yes, I remember those days from the Chaos Reborn Kickstarter. Good fun.

Phoenix Point does not engender the same excitement for me that Chaos Reborn did. However, that is probably because Chaos Reborn was far too ambitious, especially with regard to the God and Demi-God portion of the game. Also, since Phoenix Point is exclusively a single player game (yay!), some of the more slippery (sorry, Jim) issues that came up with Chaos Reborn won't be returning.

Plus, as NoWorries said, the team is already somewhat in place.

Plus, I am readily willing to spend more money to support the folks who made those amazing God portraits. They are still awe-inspiring to me.

My only big question: how many units did Chaos Reborn sell in its first three months? If that number is near 40,000 (not including backers, of course), then Phoenix Point would almost certainly be an investment that would at least break even. Does anyone know if Mr. Gollop has released sales numbers for Chaos Reborn?

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Sephorin wrote:My only big question: how many units did Chaos Reborn sell in its first three months? If that number is near 40,000 (not including backers, of course), then Phoenix Point would almost certainly be an investment that would at least break even. Does anyone know if Mr. Gollop has released sales numbers for Chaos Reborn?

Chaos Reborn and Phoenix Point are not directly comparable, though I do recall at some point there were at about 40k Steam users with the game on their wishlist.

I anticipate that it's a good investment given (a) how quickly Phoenix Point reached its funding goals, when Chaos Reborn barely met more modest goals; (b) how solid the game looks after a year so far in pre-production and production; (c) how in just two days Phoenix Point became the most highly funded game on Fig that was not a sequel to an already successful game; and (d) how even Xenonauts sold over 221,000 units (see here) despite essentially being a somewhat updated clone of the original X-COM rather than the innovative product for the genre that Phoenix Point looks to be.

In sum, I've put my money where my mouth is and anticipate that I'll earn enough off the investment to offset some or possibly all of the pledge I made, too.

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One Theme to rule them all, One Theme to find them, One Theme to bring them all and in the Chaos bind them.NoWorries plays as Baldr, God of Wonder & Progress | Compete together with Baldr in the Order of Baldrlux